Meet Chauncey, a bright and precious young boy. Chauncey loves science, math, and history, but his true love is sports. Follow Chauncey through his summer filled with tons of sports and valuable lessons learned along the way. From basketball, to soccer, hockey and more, Chauncey challenges himself to master the wins and loses throughout his sports summer. Illustrated by youth illustrator, Camry Green, this brilliantly illustrated book will is the perfect chose for any youth.
Her great-grandfather was a famed Lakota warrior, her father a buffalo hunter, and Rosebud Yellow Robe hosted a CBS radio show in New York City. From buffalo hunting to the hub of twentieth-century urban life, this book chronicles the momentous changes in the life of a prominent Plains Indian family over three generations. At the center of the story is Rosebud (1907?92), whose personal recollections, family memoirs, letters, and stories form the basis of this book. Rosebud?s father, Chauncey Yellow Robe, was the son of a Lakota chief and had a traditional childhood until he was sent to the Carlisle Indian School, where he became an advocate for Indian education and citizenship. He was instrumental in planning the 1927 ceremony that brought his daughter into national prominence?an induction of Calvin Coolidge into the Lakota tribe, capped by Rosebud placing a feathered war bonnet on the president?s head. Marjorie Weinberg follows the young woman from Rapid City, South Dakota, to New York City, where she became a noted lecturer and teller of Indian tales (and where her broadcasting career brought her name to the attention of Orson Welles, who may indeed have used her name for his famous sled in Citizen Kane). Reflecting a lifelong interest and a friendship that provided Weinberg access to family archives and a rich reservoir of family oral tradition, The Real Rosebud offers an intimate picture of a century and a half of a remarkable Lakota family.
In 1831, eighteen-year-old Oonagh Corcoran emigrates with her sister from southern Ireland to Upper Canada. In the deep folds of cool, green forest off the vast inland sea of Lake Ontario, she believes she has found paradise — only to discover that the New World harbours its own horrible injustices when she meets a fugitive slave from Virginia named Chauncey Taylor. Love grows between them as Chauncey slowly reveals his terrible past to Oonagh, reliving the pain and tragedy he and his family suffered as slaves. The two find that even in their small, accepting community, there are certain lines that can never be crossed. Based on historical research, Oonagh is both a powerful love story and a gripping tale that reaches deep into the secret heart of our nation’s past.
Edith Kermit Carow grew up in New York City in the same circles as did Theodore Roosevelt. But only after TR's first wife died at age twenty-two did the childhood friends forge one of the most successful romantic and political partnerships in American history. Sylvia Jukes Morris's access to previously unpublished letters and diaries brings to full life her portrait of the Roosevelts and their times. During her years as First Lady (1901-09), Edith Kermit Roosevelt dazzled social and political Washington as hostess, confidante, and mother of six, leading her husband to remark, "Mrs. Roosevelt comes a good deal nearer my ideal than I do myself."
Four smart young women looking for love navigate the smooth-talking players of New Jersey’s infamous Brick City in this gritty urban series debut. Stunning, sweet, and pampered as a princess, Sasha is a hood’s treasure. So why did the love of her life suddenly cut her loose? And if she knew the answer, would she be strong enough to stay away? Flawless, fashionable, and strong, Tatum swore she'd never let herself love the wrong man. But she can’t help falling for a calm, cool, connected, killer. Originally from LA, Neli’s got a Valley Girl drawl and a deceptively innocent beauty. There’s one East Coast dude she's got more than her eye on—and who cares if he belongs to someone else? Thick in all the right places, Kim is ghetto fabulous and she knows it. And she doesn’t give it away for free. A leader at nineteen, you don't want to get on her bad side. Over one hot summer, these girlfriends rely on each other to get through—but when secrets and betrayals are exposed, can they survive the truth? “Thicker Than Water is an urban chick flick waiting to happen. Takerra paints a gritty, true-to-life portrayal of friendship and betrayal.” —Dutch (Kwame Teague, author of the Dutch Trilogy)
